After all the sightseeing and culture in Istanbul and Munich, the Swiss leg of our holiday was busy in a very different way. No sooner had we arrived at the amazing Alpine house of a family friend where we were staying near Tomils, than we headed straight back down to the village to rent our […]

Five years ago, after failing to find a willing friend to take time off and part with lots of money to go see the world with me, I decided to go it alone on a short Contiki tour through Europe. Eight countries jam-packed into twelve days was definitely a worthwhile whirlwind experience (and a lot […]

Istanbul was a revelation for me. It was by happy chance that we spent two and a half days there on route to our holiday in Germany and Switzerland with H’s family. After arriving at our hotel at 6:30am (6 hours too early to check-in), we suited up against the 1 degree chill, stashed our […]

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After all the sightseeing and culture in Istanbul and Munich, the Swiss leg of our holiday was busy in a very different way. No sooner had we arrived at the amazing Alpine house of a family friend where we were staying near Tomils, than we headed straight back down to the village to rent our […]

Istanbul was a revelation for me. It was by happy chance that we spent two and a half days there on route to our holiday in Germany and Switzerland with H’s family. After arriving at our hotel at 6:30am (6 hours too early to check-in), we suited up against the 1 degree chill, stashed our […]

Possibly one of the best things about a proper sopping wet Cape Winter is the Cape Spring that follows. If you’re not already queuing outside the West Coast National Park this morning, I suggest you go get your picnic basket on and make a plan to “go see the flowers”. Last weekend, in the name […]

Having learnt to scuba dive just over a year ago in preparation for our honeymoon to Mozambique, and braving enough cold water dives in Cape Town to get through the Open Water and Advanced PADI courses, I have decided that tropical water is what diving must have been invented for in the first place. After […]

After our busy Bangkok trip it only took one hair-raising 4am taxi ride, a domestic flight, a bus shuttle, a dodgy bakkie ride, a 2 hour ferry trip and a short longtail boat taxi, and we arrived in Paradise, I mean Long Beach on Koh Phi Phi Don. Long Beach is around the corner from […]

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Have you been to...? is where I record my adventures in travel, wining and dining across South Africa and occasionally outside our borders, wherever a holiday might take me. I live in Cape Town which provides an endless must do/eat/go list on its own but love to discover the odd out-of-town gems that make South Africa such a beautiful place to live in. Suggestions are welcome!